The brittle breaking
of a soul echoes.
Tears roll down
cheeks of lovers and mourners.
Amongst the tears and sorrow
the Grim Reaper wears
a smirk, oddly stretched
over his protruding, yellowing
teeth.
Icily he steps over the souless
carcass and away from the
grievous mourners to
where the shredded soul waits,
skinned: Naked!
The formless soul stares
shaken and shocked at the
naked steel the Reaper weilds,
taking a slice at the captive soul.
Sending the shamelessly once-human disaster
to heaven or hell.
But most likely hell.
That is what death is.
A trap, to lead us all
to rot and burn in hell.
Or for the few:
Paradise in heaven.
We are not safe
when our souls break
our bodies for escape.
Author notes
Well I was gonna write a happy one but it didnt come to me. So I wrote a death poem that is eerie and demented and probably one I will edit later.
In a list
A contest entry
- Death by Anonymous Spark.
400 points, ended March 7, 16 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
How was this one??
Comments
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this is my fav one you have ever wrote!! its so deep and so meaningful!!! and i love the ending stanza!!!
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lol this is my least favorite poem
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ah death - i view it as a natural end to life though i do love playing with the imagery of death, the grim reaper etc, a good dark poem that flows along with grace.
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Lol this one is my worst posted poem. I wrote it while on heavy cold medicine lol... not even my view of death... I what my view of death really is.
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Wow! This is so vivid and frightening! I love it!
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Im glad you like it
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Imagery is brilliant and I love the words you chose. This is not often used theme to write about, but you really did amazing job.
Well done!
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Thanks for the read
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well, you did it well. An interesting view on death!
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It just came to me as I was writing. Its not really how I veiw death
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it's still an interesting view
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I thought so too
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well, yur right!
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